Kristen Manning

Five metro meetings, one essential guide. Official track reports, current conditions and recent track patterns for Caulfield, Rosehill, Doomben, Belmont and Morphettville Parks. Information correct as of 3:00pm Friday, August 14, 2026.

The track’s currently a Good 4, with the rail in the 10m position and a Going Stick of 9.3. We looked at last year’s readings and it’s actually very similar to last year in terms of the weather, rail position and Going Stick. This is our normal implementation that we do throughout the year, so we’ve completed our renovation work on the inside 10m following the last meeting to get ready for the Spring Carnival.

Track's currently a Soft 6, with the rail in the 10m position. We've recorded 2mm of rainfall in the last seven days. The forecast for race day on Saturday looks like a bit of rain in the morning and afternoon, anywhere between 1mm and 3mm. So I do expect the track to deteriorate to potentially the worse side of Soft if we do get that rainfall. They are tipping a westerly wind, which is a headwind in the front straight, anywhere between 15 and 25km/h, so that's something to watch out for.